Glen Powell's 'Hit Man' won't kill you, but he may seduce you

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Adria Arjona and Glen Powell in Hit Man. Photo by NPR - Netflix

Netflix's entertaining dark comedy Hit Man is not about a hired killer. It's about a guy who pretends to be a hired killer. Director Richard Linklater co-wrote this film with movie star of the moment, Glen Powell. Based very loosely on a real guy, Powell plays a mild-mannered professor who also works undercover for the police as a fake hitman.


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